Worship - All I Ever Knew Lie Dead lyrics

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[Qorban:]<br />

"Through blood and thorns I wandered, <br />

Freezing, aching, bound for a ruined cathedral below.<br />

All is dead, look! Only rust, and debris, <br />

And shells of stone remain, drowning in ashes, a<br />

S if we had never been. Everyone I had ever known.<br />

Everyone I'd ever meet.<br />

Everyone I ever loved.<br />

Gone with the centuries, lost under a sea of ashes."<br />

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Only now when every chance<br />

To belong<br />

Is bitterly gone<br />

I feel I do<br />

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For the very first time<br />

I understand<br />

The gift we had<br />

Now forever gone<br />

<br />

All I ever knew lie dead<br />

And their epitaphs the ashes guard<br />

Must I live to mourn the world<br />

Or find reunion once the ashes part<br />

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For I am chosen<br />

To speak<br />

At the open grave<br />

Of each and everyone<br />

<br />

How can I mourn<br />

For every man?<br />

May I soon<br />

Lie with them<br />

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[Qorban:]<br />

"How can I go on, when all I have is a grave?<br />

When one place is as good as another, <br />

To lie down and belatedly join where I belong. Let it end here, with me."<br />

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This unearthly knell<br />

A deadly gale, or<br />

A grace of life?